I thought this week I would share with you a fun family game that I have done with my kids. It helps to keep us on our toes with discovering new locations we may have never heard of. Plus, it keeps me a little updated on new geography.

Each week families celebrate each other by enjoying quality family time. Whether your family chooses to spend their time by having a family book club each week or creating a family meal where everyone chooses an item to prepare, your time is special and finding quality fun-time activities can be challenging quest.

One idea that can be both a fun time, as well as an educational experience is to play Around the World. There are no set rules for this game. Around the World is something just thought up to help children learn about other places in the world they may never get to experience in any other form.
Simple Layout
Using a map of the world or a globe, each person will take turns closing their eyes and then placing their finger on a point. Without removing their finger, have them open their eyes to see where they have landed. That landing point is where their exotic vacation has begun.

Once everyone has their vacation spots, have a family round table discussion about what each person thinks of their destination. What adventures wait them? Transportation they might use. People they might meet. Imagination is vital for this family adventure.

Find the Truth
Once the destination is chosen and the creation has begun, the education begins. Give each person a piece of paper and have each jot down their thoughts of their destination; all of the ideas that were just created. Once that has been done, have each person investigate and see what their destination is truly like.

Over the course of the following week, using encyclopedias, talking with teachers, reading about the destination on-line, using the local or school library, have each person find out about their destination. The exact location, what language do they speak, how remote or active is the community?

When your family gets back together the following week, have each person share their vacation spot, emphasizing on those things they truly found fascinating or maybe sharing with you they never want to visit due to how the culture might live. This is an experience for everyone to learn about the world we live in and places they might never see with their own eyes.

Well what are you waiting for? Get traveling!

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